Power plant · Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Netherlands
Solar Cothen (Dwarsdijkse Zonneweide)
Solar Cothen (Dwarsdijkse Zonneweide) is a permitted solar power plant in Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Netherlands, with 14.5 MW of capacity, operated by Dwarsdijkse Zonneweide B.V.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Wijk bij Duurstede | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (SDE subsidy granted, not yet in use) | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Dwarsdijkse Zonneweide B.V. | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14.5 MW | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Ground-mounted solar | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.0018, 5.3149 | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Solar Cothen (Dwarsdijkse Zonneweide) is the 7th-largest of 9 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Utrecht and the 58th-largest of 225 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 14.5 MW is 0.48% of the 3,053 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the Netherlands. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utrecht | 7th of 9 | 197 MW | 7.4% |
| Netherlands | 58th of 225 | 3,053 MW | 0.48% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,164th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 976 permit notices, 102 substations, 76 CO2 emitters (43 operating), 68 data centers, 2 AI supercomputers and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning draft decision, Wijk bij Duurstede (prb-2025-14427) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning decision, Wijk bij Duurstede (prb-2025-20464) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Wijk bij Duurstede (prb-2026-424) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Green gas Wijk bij Duurstede (Groengas Cothen) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 3.7 km |
| 150 kV Driebergen | Substation | — | — | 7.1 km |
| Residual heat Geldermalsen (Warmtenet Betuwe) | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 13 km |
| 150 kV Tiel Oost | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| 150 kV Nieuwegein | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| NorthC Nieuwegein | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Officiële Bekendmakingen. Officiële Bekendmakingen, CC0 1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.